Justin P. Novak

Lesley Firestone advises clients on a wide range of environmental matters, including permitting, regulatory compliance, and transactional support for the acquisition and development of contaminated properties. She also provides strategic counsel on environmental liability considerations in business transactions. Lesley regularly represents clients before the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services in matters involving Brownfield Agreements, underground storage tanks, solid waste r...

Ryan attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration. He received his law degree from the Charleston School of Law, where he co-founded the Charleston School of Law Business Society. He was also a member of the Charleston School of Law’s Honor Council and its Moot Court Team. Ryan has been listed as a Rising Star Super Lawyer from 2016 to the present. He has enjoyed a 10.0 Avvo Rating since 2017 and was honored with the Avvo Cl...

Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice is recognized as a skillful and innovative negotiator of complex litigation settlements, having served as the lead negotiator in some of the largest civil actions our courts have seen in the last 35 years. In 2023, his law school alma mater renamed the school the USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Corporate Legal Times reported that defense counsel and legal scholars described Joe as one of the nation's “five most feared and respected plaintiffs’ law...

Elloree A. Ganes is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants. Elloree, who practices law in Charleston, South Carolina, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Elloree is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

A veteran of the courtroom, Jodi Westbrook Flowers seeks to protect the health, safety and rights of consumers, families, investors, workers, and victims of crime and terrorism. Jodi has litigated a wide range of cases involving tobacco, asbestos, lead pigment, aviation disasters, consumer fraud, cybersecurity and product defects, as well as terrorist financing and human rights violations. Jodi also represents public entities seeking to hold opioid manufacturers and distributors accountable f...

John Chase is a certified specialist in estate planning and probate law in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's Charleston office. John's services are geared to the preservation and orderly disposition of family businesses and large estates. He represents individuals, trusts and trust departments concerning challenges to estate plans. Advising business owners and clients on the best tax and financing structures for purchases and sales of business assets is also a strong focus of John's practice.

Brandon Gaskins maintains a broad practice that draws upon wide-ranging experience in litigation, land use, governmental, and employment matters. Realizing that no case or legal issue is exactly the same, Brandon applies his skills flexibly to offer clients strategic and innovative solutions. Brandon is an accomplished litigator with experience in complex business and contract disputes, land use and zoning disputes, and cases involving violations of non-competition, confidentiality, and other...

Manning Unger, co-managing member of the firm’s Charleston office, practices in the areas of business, mergers and acquisitions, securities, financial services, economic incentives, and commercial real estate law. Equipped with an MBA and a law degree, Manning has a passion for helping his clients with business deals and diving into the details to better advise them. His work consists of providing advice structuring, negotiating, documenting, and closing deals, as well as acting as a co...

A Charleston native, Jim returned to his beloved hometown after practicing at two firms ranked in American Lawyer’s top 50 list. Jim leads the firm’s business law practice. He works regularly with corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships on shareholder buy-outs, private securities offerings , and business purchase and sale agreements , including business succession issues. His practice areas include: Securities and Private Equity Corporate Transactions Business ...

Ben Glass is the Managing Shareholder in the Charleston Office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Ben earned his B.A. from the College of Charleston, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law. After a judicial clerkship with United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Ben joined Ogletree, Deakins in 1995. For the last 19 years, he has represented employers in all manner of labor and employment law issues, and spoken regularly on va...